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• Culmination by de-lionhearted (seraphicradiance)

  Fandoms: Final Fantasy VIII  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  09 Aug 2020

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Rinoa Heartilly/Squall Leonhart
  • Past Squall Leonhart/Fujin
  • Squall Leonhart & Fujin
  • Quistis Trepe & Rinoa Heartilly
  • Squall Leonhart
  • Rinoa Heartilly
  • Zell Dincht
  • Fujin (Final Fantasy VIII)
  • Seifer Almasy
  • Quistis Trepe
  • Past Windstorm Referenced
  • Past Romantic Dream Referenced
  • Past Seinoa
  • Ambiguous Relationship
  • Healthy Conversations with your Ex
  • Not all past relationships are bad
  • Opposites do not always attract
  • Dating
  • Emotionally Unavailable Partners Learning From Their Mistakes
  • Don't Date Someone Emotionally Unavailable
  • Relapsing
  • Referencing Points in the Game that People like to Ignore
  • People Can Learn From Their Mistakes
  • Taking Too Long To Bring Up An Issue Usually Leads To More Issues
  • Bottling Up Emotions Isn't Good
  • Not Sharing The Whole Story
  • Raw Realistic Emotions Applied
  • Implied Sexual Content
  • The Successor Challenge 2020
  • Theme: Distance
  • Angst
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • No closure
  • Self-Indulgent
  • i wrote this for me but y'all can read it too I guess
  • Whump
  • Relationship Study

  Summary

  Somethings always appear too good to be true. Squall knew it when the honeymoon period ended with Rinoa and he was facing a reality that started to worry him.

  The Successor Challenge 2020 Entry - Theme: Distance

  Series

  • Part 3 of Playlist
  • Part 2 of Still Winds, Past Connection

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  11,978

  Chapters:

  6/6

  Collections:

  3

  Comments:

  32

  Kudos:

  9

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  342